I am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend. He is right to caution against the danger here, but a carefully calibrated reverse burden defence deals with the mischiefs that he rightly outlines. None of us wants to see Julian Assange and his type carry sway here; we just think that we need to do something before it is done to us. That is the point.
National Security Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Robert Buckland
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 June 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on National Security Bill.
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